“I just walk over from my house for a change of scene—and of scale,” Geoffrey Bradfield says of his one-bedroom “escape hatch” on Park Avenue, just two blocks from his main residence and office. In the Art Déco-inspired living room, above, he mixed ancient artifacts and modern art. Mirrored walls throughout maximize natural light. “In a very small space, lightness is essential,” says the designer, who favored the transparency of glass and acrylic side tables. (September 2008)